Improvement in umbrella-tip retainers



G. W. TUCKER.

Umbrella-Tip Retainers.

Patented Nov. 3,1874;

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. TUCKER, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE AMERICANRING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

. IMPROVEMENT IN UMBRELLA-TIP RETAINERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 156,5] 0, datedNovember 3, 1874 application filed August 27, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. TUCKER,

of Waterbury, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, haveinvented an Improvement in Tip-Cups for Umbrellas, of which thefollowing is a specification:

Tip-cups have been applied upon the handles of umbrellas and parasols toretain the ends of the ribs when the umbrella is closed, and

' a spring has been applied to move that tipcup, and press it upon theends of the ribs.

My invention relates to a peculiar construction of spring tip-cup thatis attached to the In the drawing, Figure 1 is a section of the tip-cupcomplete. Fig. 2 is a sectional view, detached, of the tip-cupaud itscylinder, and Fig. 3 is a plan of the tip-cup. The cylinder ais of asize to fit the handle b. Said cylinder has a rim or flange, c, at oneend forming an abutment for the spring 01, and around this cylinder atis the tip-cup e that slides freely upon the cylinder a, but is retainedby the bead or'flange d.

By this construction the wire-spring t acts to press the tip cup towardsthe tips, and retain them in place after they have been held together,and the tip-cup slipped over them. In order to cover up the spring 1',and furnish a convenient means for drawing back the tipcup against theaction of the spring, I employ the cylinder h having an inward flange,2, at one end, and tongues 3 at the other, and these tongues,entering-mortises in the tipcup, as seen in Fig. 3, and being turned up,serve to connect the cylinder and the tip-cup, so that the latter can bedrawn back by grasping the former.

I claim as my invention The cylinder h, inclosing the spring t, andconnected to the tip-cup e by tongues passing through mortises, incombination with the cylinder at and flanges c and d at the respectiveends, forming. stops for the spring and cup, all as described and setforth.

Signed by me this 19th day of August, 187 4.

GEO. W. TUCKER. Witnesses:

HENRY M. STOCKING, L. J. ATWooD.

